
Framing History
The Rosenberg Story and the Cold War
Virginia Carmichael(Author)
University of Minnesota Press
Published on 7. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-8166-2042-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage and were subsequently executed for treason. Virginia Carmichael here uses their story to consider the function of narrative in the formation of history. Carmichael argues that the Rosenberg story constituted a social drama (as yet unresolved) that inaugurated the elaboration of many stories serving multiple interests and functions. The story itself was an embedded narrative in the developing Cold War, both required by that Cold War frame narrative and at the same time furthering its construction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8166-2042-5 (9780816620425)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 The Rosenberg stories and history: Cold War frame; Narrative; Embedded story. Part 2 The Rosenberg stories and culture: Culture as critique in the post-Rosenberg era; The book of Daniel; The public burning; Closure; Framed arts.